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Nicole Khan, Conservation Advisor with the RSPB’s Operation Turtle Dove, speaks about the importance of Old Park in supporting the recovery of the endangered Turtle Dove
In the eighth video in our series about the importance of Old Park, Nicole Khan, from the RSPB's Operation Turtle Dove, talks about challenges...
David Reekie, Chair of Canterbury Ramblers, on Old Park’s unique historical landscape
In the seventh of our series of videos about the Importance of Old Park, David Reekie (Chair of Canterbury Ramblers) reveals some of the secrets of...
Paul Whitfield, Director General of the Wildwood Trust, on Old Park and the government’s 30×30 commitment
In this sixth episode of our series of videos on the importance of Old Park, Paul Whitfield, Director General of the Wildwood Trust, argues that...
Amateur mycologist, David Hanagan, brings the Fascinating World of Old Park’s Fungi to Life!
In the fifth installment of our video series about Old Park, Davd Hanagan (amateur mycologist and professional photographer) shares his passion for...
June 2025 Newsletter
Professor Jan Pahl on Old Park’s amazing Archaeology
In this fourth installment of our video series about Old Park, Professor Jan Pahl explains that Old Park is one of the most important archaeological...
Richard Moyse on the Wonderfully Diverse Insect Life on Old Park
In this third installment of our video series about Old Park, Richard Moyse from Kent Field Club explains why Old Park’s wonderfully diverse insect...
Video: Jon Shelton from the Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership speaks about the Importance of Old Park within the Stour Valley
In this, the 2nd in our series of short video interviews, Jon Shelton from the Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership, speaks about the importance of...
Launch of Video Series on the Importance of Old Park!
In this, our first video, we have the opportunity to listen to Andre Farrar, chair of Kent Ornithological Society, explaining why Old Park is so...
Late May 2025 Newsletter
Read our Friends of Old Park and Chequers Wood Late May Newsletter here: Late May Newsletter of the Friends of Old Park & Chequers...
Launch of our New Campaign Leaflet
As we enter the next phase in our campaign to save Old Park, we are launching a new campaign leaflet. The leaflet summarises the importance of...
May 2025 Newsletter
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March 2025 Newsletter
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Lost on Old Park?!
If you have ever got lost in the myriad of footpaths that weave in and around Old Park, you will appreciate the value of a handy pocket-sized map....
AGM on Monday evening
The AGM of the Friends of Old Park & Chequers Wood will take place on the evening of Monday 3 March in the Friends Meeting House, 6 The Friars,...
The campaign to save Old Park begins to get national coverage
This article in the i newspaper from 23 February 2025 highlights the parallels between the campaign to save Middlewick Ranges in Essex (also acid...
The Ecological Connectivity along the river Stour between Stodmarsh and Old Park
This short 360º video, taken from a drone above Fordwich, shows the ecological connectivity between the Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve
Call for Statements about Recreational Usage of Old Park
If you are able to do so, please send in your evidence statement demonstrating recreational usage of the MoD land on Old Park in the recent past...
KM Gazette: MOD to sell ‘hidden gem’ land
This week our campaign was featured on the front page of the KM Gazette! You can read a snippet of the article below, and the entire piece here » A...
A huge congratulations to the Middlewick Ranges Campaign!
After years of hard campaigning, congratulations to the Save Middlewick Ranges campaign for persuading Colchester City Council to propose the...
Newsletter February 2025
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Newsletter January 2025
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Making Space For Nature video
Natural England and Canterbury Golf Course have produced a great little video as part of the Making Space For Nature process to show how they are...
New short video on Operation Turtle Dove’s activities in East Kent
See link below for a lovely short video about the RSPB's Operation Turtle Dove which is working to save one of the UK's most endangered birds. Much...
Fungi Survey on Old Park
In spite of the wild and windy weather brought over by Storm Ashley, fungi experts from Kent Field Club managed to find a great diversity of species...